WRIT - A No. 5881 of 2025 at Allahabad

Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:70891 Court No. - 4 Case :- WRIT - A No. - 5881 of 2025 Petitioner :- Smt. Meena Kanaujia Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 4 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Shailendra Kumar Yadav,Sunil Kumar Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C. Hon'ble Ajit Kumar,J. 1. Heard Sri Sunil Kumar, learned counsel for the petitioner and Sri Abhishek Srivastava, learned Chief Standing Counsel assisted by Sri P.K. Srivastava, learned Additional Chief Standing Counsel. 2. Instructions in the matter has been obtained by the learned Chief Standing Counsel, which has been placed before the Court and are taken on record, copy whereof has also been supplied to learned counsel for the petitioner. 3. By means of this petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, petitioner has assailed the order of suspension dated 08.04.2025 on three grounds: (i) The order has been passed by the authority not competent in the matter as the Director General (Jail) is the competent authority, whereas, the order has been passed placing the petitioner under suspension by the Director General, Jail Administration. (ii) The evidence has already come up in the case that it is Superintendent o